Teaching the contents of study materials by providing explanations to fellow students can be
a beneficial instructional activity. A learning-by-teaching effect can also occur when students …

In order to create an initial framework for learning-by-teaching, this article reviews a body of
relevant research, from a historical perspective, gathering evidence about the potential and …

Names: Mercer, Neil, editor.| Wegerif, Rupert, 1959-editor.| Major, Louis,(Louis Christopher),
1985-editor. Title: The Routledge international handbook of research on dialogic …

Active, constructive, and interactive are terms that are commonly used in the cognitive and
learning sciences. They describe activities that can be undertaken by learners. However, the …

The purpose of this study was to explore the hypothesis that learning is enhanced through
the act of teaching others. Specifically, two experiments aimed to disentangle the relative …

Effective collaboration in computer-mediated settings among spatially distributed people is a
precondition for success in many new learning and working contexts but it is hard to …

Although explanations are a common means of instruction, research shows that they often
do not contribute to learning. To unravel the factors giving rise to the ineffectiveness of …

This article serves two functions. First, it addresses why studying collaborative discourse and
collaborative argumentation is important for promoting students' deep-level understanding of …

Research has demonstrated that oral explaining to a fictitious student improves learning.
Whether these findings replicate, when students are writing explanations, and whether …

Conventional approaches to agricultural extension based on top–down technology transfer
and information dissemination models are inadequate to help smallholder farmers tackle …